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Piedmont Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198074
MRDS ID M060322
MAS/MILS ID 0320270144
Record type Site
Current site name Piedmont Mine
Related records 10042508

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.21908, 40.55679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 033 E 13 NWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.21908, 40.55679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 75S
    Width 1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N25W:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Verner C Biggs And Grace Lamb
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OVERHAND 10-38
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORTON RC 1961, AN INV. FLOURSPAROCC.IN NEV,NEVADA BUR MINES

  • Deposit

    HORTON RC 1962, FLOURSPAR OCC. INNEVADA, NEV BUR MINES MAP 3

  • Deposit

    SIBERLING NJ & WALLACE RE 1967, USGS GEOL QUAD MAP GQ 666

  • Deposit

    PAPKE KG 1974-1975, DATA FROM FIELD INVES. FLOURSPAR OCC. IN

  • Deposit

    WORL RG ET AL 1974, FLOURITE IN US, USGS MAP MR-60

  • Deposit

    TATLOCK DB 1969, PRELIM.GEOL. MAPOF PERSHING CO. NEV. USGS O

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS NEV IND MIN (1973) P 37

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-94 Nevada Bureau Of Mines And Geology Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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